As someone who lives in the Southwest I can say that it is sometimes difficult to be a fan of combat sports out here. Going to live events is kept to local and smaller events, which let's be honest, isn't everyone's cup of tea. Sometimes you want to see high level stuff and your only choice is to make a long trek to Las Vegas, Texas or California, which, also isn't great. Well, GLORY is going to make good on their promise to come to Denver, Colorado. They originally were talking about GLORY 14 happening in Denver, but circumstances obviously changed and now we instead will get GLORY 16 Denver on May 3rd at the 1STBANK Center.

Still no information on the card just yet, but as it is a major GLORY event and knowing their plans for the year, we can expect something big.

Yokkao 7 went down yesterday in Pattaya, Thailand in what looks to be an exciting card from top to bottom in one of the bigger cards this February. In the main event Saenchai battled Victor Ngabe to a decision victory, rebounding from a loss earlier this month to Petboonchu at Lumpinee Stadium. The co-main saw Suedam in a tough battle with Uzbekistan's Naimjon Tuhktoboev. Hopefully video footage will be available soon!

Victory Combat Sports in New York have been promoting fights for a while now and were the first to promote MMA fights in New York City last year. They continue with their Spring series of events titled the "Road to the Garden" that begins on April 10th with Victory Muay Thai VIII. It's a stacked card full of the hottest fighters in the New York muay thai scene including a few exciting title fights.

When you think about Muay Thai chances are that Lumpinee Stadium will pop into your head at some point, at least it should. Lumpinee Stadium is perhaps the most famous stadium in all of Muay Thai, as it has housed some of the biggest stars in the sport of Muay Thai and some truly classic fights. Sure, there are other stadiums that have housed some tremendous talent and great fights as well, but Lumpinee's history made it stand out. Lumpinee Stadium opened in 1956 and the old warhorse was showing some serious wear, which led to a new, improved Lumpinee Stadium being built.

On Friday the last event at Lumpinee Stadium was held and the Science of 8 Limbs' Mike LNg spoke with Michael "Chase" Corley, Mark DeLuca, Wayne Gregory and Dave Zuninga about their memories and experiences at Lumpinee Stadium and I highly recommend that you check it out.

So, muay thai. Muay Thai is a sport that is widely respected the world over for demonstrating some of the best fighting technique and skill, as well as being one of the most exciting sports in the world. Muay Thai has spread throughout the entire world and has taken on a life of its own in different nations, gaining popularity in places like the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.

Of course, not everything muay thai is high level. There are some places in Thailand that like to take advantage of the national sport and lure in tourists with ridiculous spectacles. This video is just that. This video is from the Reggae Bar in Koh Phi Phi that is best known for letting tourists step into the ring for free booze or food. As you can see, this is not what you'd expect at Lumpinee or Rajadamnern. Trash can lids are definitely not a part of your standard muay thai fight.

This Friday, January 3rd, at the PAttaya World Boxing Stadium in Thailand Yokkao will present their sixth major event, their first of this year. We've been hearing about it for a while and now we have the full matchmaking for Friday's event, including a few interesting fights! The main event between Sittichai and Wanchalerm also includes the carrot of a KO bonus for either man if they can knock the other one add, an added incentive for sure.

The world of kickboxing has a rich history to fall back upon so we here at LiverKick figure, why not? Why not give a glimpse into some of the fights from the past that have made up this wonderful sport and tie it all in to the present. The kids on the Instagram and Twitter like to call Thursdays "Throwback Thursdays," I'm just going to say that this is a LiverKick Throwback.

I've decided to share a bit of women's Muay Thai this Thursday, and I don't think we can talk about women's Kickboxing or Muay Thai without mentioning "The Iron Lady" Germaine De Randamie. An undefeated Dutch female Kickboxer with a record of 37-0 with 14 knockouts and easily one of the most violent women I've ever seen in the ring. She is 7 times world champion and even fought a Boxing match against a man, granted he was a Belgian actor (Tom Waes) who trained 3 months to fight but she still knocked him out in the 3rd round. She has recently turned to MMA where her success has not been as great as her kickboxing, but I will always tune in to watch her fight in hope that someone will dare to stand with her.

This fight is a 130 lbs female world title fight in California on Nov 19, 2005. Germaine is taking on Angela Rivera-Parr who is legend John Wayne Parr's wife and also a great female fighter. Her record at the time was 27 wins with 4 losses while De Randamie's record was 23-0. Now keep these records in mind when you watch this fight just to help you realize how strong and skillful "The Iron Lady" really is.

GLORY has been scooping up talent from across the world left and right but has had some issues when it comes to getting some bigger name Thais under a contract, but all of that has changed as at GLORY 14 in Zagreb Aikpracha will make his debut for the organization against Albert Kraus. This is a huge signing for GLORY as the 28 year old Aikpracha is still in the prime of his career, holding the Lumpinee Stadium Welterweight Championship in 2012.

Aikpracha has been testing the waters outside of Thailand over the past few years, fighting under the banners of La Nuits de Titans, Yokkao, Thai Fight and most recently MAX Muay Thai.

SuperKombat, Romania's premier Kickboxing organization, has been running their New Heroes events throughout the year, looking to find the brightest and most exciting new talents from all over the world to compete under the SuperKombat banner. They've already seen a great deal of success, finding some solid new talents. On November 3rd they will be looking at finding the next Asian New Hero from the Festival dell'Oriente in Tuscany, Italy. Asian fighters who wish to participate can email SuperKombat directly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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“From January, when we started this project with New Heroes, we had events in more than 10 countries around 3 continents. Now, we cooperate with Oriental Festival and between October 31 and November 3 we will continue our plan. More than 5.000 fighters from 113 countries will attend at Unified World Championships and the best of them will be selected for Superkombat. I’m really confident we can find also New Hero from Asia. Everyday we will have tryouts to discover the New Hero”, said Mr. Eduard Irimia, president of Superkombat.